NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD and NVIDIA GeForce3 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 230 MHz
Launch date 31 May 2005 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
Memory clock speed 400 MHz vs 230 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3

  • Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5 vs 2
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 119
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5 vs 2
PassMark - G2D Mark 120 vs 119

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2
5
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
120
Name NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G3D Mark 2 5
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 120

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD NVIDIA GeForce3

Essentials

Architecture Celsius Kelvin
Code name NV18 C1 NV20 A5
Launch date 31 May 2005 27 February 2001
Place in performance rating 1280 1281
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1 GTexel / s 1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt
Transistor count 29 million 57 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DMS-59 1x VGA, 1x DB13W3

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 4x
Length 168 mm 165 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 8.0 8.0
OpenGL 1.3 1.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 3.2 GB / s 3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz 230 MHz
Memory type DDR SDR